Paxton Peak
Paxton Peak rises to 572 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is LIttle Pinnacle, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49060265, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 572 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 3 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- LIttle Pinnacle: 0.6 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Lowry Peak: 1.3 mi
- Garnet Peak: 1.8 mi
- Roundtop: 1.9 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 3.5 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.2 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.2 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.2 mi
- General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.: 7.2 mi
- Laurel Park: 1.5 mi
- Penny Park: 1.6 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 1.7 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 3.7 mi
- Lexington City Pool: 6.8 mi
- Knight Statue: 2.0 mi
- Peristyle: 2.0 mi
- George Washington: 7.2 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.2 mi
- George C. Marshall: 7.3 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.2 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.2 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 7.4 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 15.5 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.1 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 11.1 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 11.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 11.5 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 11.7 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 20.1 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 21.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 22.1 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 22.5 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 22.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 7.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 8.6 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 9.3 mi
- Marble Spring: 10.9 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 11.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 9.1 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Lake Robertson: 15.6 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 17.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 3.3 mi
- Lace Falls: 12.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 16.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 20.0 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 20.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 20.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Paxton Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ENE 74° | 1,232 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,197 m | 8.3 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,061 m | 9.0 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,034 m | 8.9 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,025 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | S 178° | 1,015 m | 3.5 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SSW 203° | 910 m | 5.8 mi |
| Silas Knob | S 189° | 904 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1486096 — Paxton Peak, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356573945
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 23 mi
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